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8 Letter Words Starting With A
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8 Letter Words
- aardvark 8 letters · 16 points nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the order…
- aardwolf 8 letters · 15 points striped hyena of southeast Africa that feeds chiefly on insects
- abampere 8 letters · 14 points a unit of current equal to 10 amperes
- abatable 8 letters · 12 points capable of being abated
- abattoir 8 letters · 10 points a building where animals are butchered
- abbatial 8 letters · 12 points of or having to do with or belonging to an abbey or abbot, or abbess
- abdicate 8 letters · 13 points give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations
- abducens 8 letters · 13 points a small motor nerve supplying the lateral rectus muscle of the eye
- abducent 8 letters · 13 points especially of muscles; drawing away from the midline of the body or from an adjacent part
- abductor 8 letters · 13 points a muscle that draws a body part away from the median line
- abelmosk 8 letters · 16 points bushy herb of tropical Asia grown for its yellow or pink to scarlet blooms that resemble the hibiscus
- aberrant 8 letters · 10 points markedly different from an accepted norm
- aberrate 8 letters · 10 points diverge or deviate from the straight path; produce aberration
- abetment 8 letters · 12 points the verbal act of urging on
- abeyance 8 letters · 15 points temporary cessation or suspension
- abhorrer 8 letters · 13 points a signer of a 1679 address to Charles II in which those who petitioned for the reconvening of…
- abidance 8 letters · 13 points the act of abiding (enduring without yielding)
- abjectly 8 letters · 22 points in a hopeless resigned manner
- ablation 8 letters · 10 points surgical removal of a body part or tissue
- ablative 8 letters · 13 points tending to ablate; i.e. to be removed or vaporized at very high temperature
- ablution 8 letters · 10 points the ritual washing of a priest's hands or of sacred vessels
- abnegate 8 letters · 11 points deny or renounce
- abnormal 8 letters · 12 points much greater than the normal
- abomasal 8 letters · 12 points relating to the abomasum (the fourth compartment of the stomach of ruminants)
- abomasum 8 letters · 14 points the fourth compartment of the stomach of a ruminant; the one where digestion takes place
- abortion 8 letters · 10 points termination of pregnancy
- abortive 8 letters · 13 points failing to accomplish an intended result
- abrachia 8 letters · 15 points the condition of having no arms
- abradant 8 letters · 11 points a tool or machine used for wearing down or smoothing or polishing
- abrasion 8 letters · 10 points the wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice
- abrasive 8 letters · 13 points sharply disagreeable; rigorous
- abridged 8 letters · 13 points (used of texts) shortened by condensing or rewriting
- abridger 8 letters · 12 points one who shortens or abridges or condenses a written work
- abrocome 8 letters · 14 points ratlike rodent with soft fur and large ears of the Andes
- abrogate 8 letters · 11 points revoke formally
- abruptly 8 letters · 15 points quickly and without warning
- abscissa 8 letters · 12 points the value of a coordinate on the horizontal axis
- abseiler 8 letters · 10 points a person who descends down a nearly vertical face by using a doubled rope that is wrapped around…
- absentee 8 letters · 10 points one that is absent or not in residence
- absently 8 letters · 13 points in an absentminded or preoccupied manner
- absinthe 8 letters · 13 points strong green liqueur flavored with wormwood and anise
- absolute 8 letters · 10 points perfect or complete or pure
- absolved 8 letters · 14 points freed from any question of guilt
- absolver 8 letters · 13 points someone who grants absolution
- absorbed 8 letters · 13 points giving or marked by complete attention to
- absorber 8 letters · 12 points (physics) material in a nuclear reactor that absorbs radiation
- abstract 8 letters · 12 points existing only in the mind; separated from embodiment
- abstruse 8 letters · 10 points difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge
- absurdly 8 letters · 14 points in an absurd manner or to an absurd degree
- abundant 8 letters · 11 points present in great quantity
- abutment 8 letters · 12 points a masonry support that touches and directly receives thrust or pressure of an arch or bridge
- academia 8 letters · 13 points the academic world
- academic 8 letters · 15 points hypothetical or theoretical and not expected to produce an immediate or practical result
- acanthus 8 letters · 13 points any plant of the genus Acanthus having large spiny leaves and spikes or white or purplish flowers; native…
- acapnial 8 letters · 12 points relating to or demonstrating acapnia
- acarpous 8 letters · 12 points producing no fruit
- acaryote 8 letters · 13 points a cell without a nucleus (as an erythrocyte)
- acaudate 8 letters · 11 points lacking a tail or taillike appendage
- accented 8 letters · 13 points bearing a stress or accent
- accentor 8 letters · 12 points small sparrow-like songbird of mountainous regions of Eurasia
- accepted 8 letters · 15 points generally approved or compelling recognition
- acceptor 8 letters · 14 points the person (or institution) who accepts a check or draft and becomes responsible for paying the party named…
- accident 8 letters · 13 points anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause
- accolade 8 letters · 13 points a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction
- accouter 8 letters · 12 points provide with military equipment
- accoutre 8 letters · 12 points provide with military equipment
- accredit 8 letters · 13 points ascribe an achievement to
- accuracy 8 letters · 17 points the quality of being near to the true value
- accurate 8 letters · 12 points conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy
- accursed 8 letters · 13 points under a curse
- accusing 8 letters · 13 points containing or expressing accusation
- accusive 8 letters · 15 points containing or expressing accusation
- accustom 8 letters · 14 points make psychologically or physically used (to something)
- acentric 8 letters · 12 points not centered or having no center
- acephaly 8 letters · 18 points absence of the head (as in the development of some monsters)
- acerbate 8 letters · 12 points make sour or bitter
- acerbity 8 letters · 15 points a rough and bitter manner
- acervate 8 letters · 13 points pertaining to a growth of fungi that forms a heaped-up mass
- acetonic 8 letters · 12 points of or relating to acetone
- acetylic 8 letters · 15 points of or related to acetic acid
- achenial 8 letters · 13 points pertaining to dry one-seeded indehiscent fruit
- achiever 8 letters · 16 points a person with a record of successes
- achillea 8 letters · 13 points any of several plants of the genus Achillea native to Europe and having small white flowers in flat-topped…
- achromia 8 letters · 15 points an absence of normal pigmentation especially in the skin (as in albinism) or in red blood cells
- achromic 8 letters · 17 points having no color
- acicular 8 letters · 12 points narrow and long and pointed; as pine leaves
- acidemia 8 letters · 13 points a blood disorder characterized by an increased concentration of hydrogen ions in the blood (which falls below 7…
- acidosis 8 letters · 11 points abnormally high acidity (excess hydrogen-ion concentration) of the blood and other body tissues
- acidotic 8 letters · 13 points having or being characterized by acidosis
- aciduric 8 letters · 13 points especially of some bacteria; growing well in an acid medium
- acoustic 8 letters · 12 points of or relating to the science of acoustics
- acquaint 8 letters · 19 points inform
- acquired 8 letters · 20 points gotten through environmental forces
- acquirer 8 letters · 19 points a credit card processing bank; merchants receive credit for credit card receipts less a processing fee
- acridity 8 letters · 14 points the quality of being sharply disagreeable in language or tone
- acrimony 8 letters · 15 points a rough and bitter manner
- acrocarp 8 letters · 14 points a moss in which the main axis is terminated by the archegonium (and hence the capsule)
- acrodont 8 letters · 11 points an animal having teeth consolidated with the summit of the alveolar ridge without sockets
- acrolein 8 letters · 10 points a pungent colorless unsaturated liquid aldehyde made from propene
- acromion 8 letters · 12 points the outermost point of the spine of the shoulder blade